YOKO ONO & FLAMING LIPS 'MERRY XMAS (WAR IS OVER)'

The Flaming Lips and Yoko Ono have mistletoe and world peace on the mind, teaming up for a reimagining of Ono and John Lennon‘s “Happy Xmas (War Is Over)” for Amazon’s new playlist, “All is Bright.”

While Lennon and Ono’s original is a simple holiday song with an affecting message bolstered by the beautiful children’s choir singing in the background, the Flaming Lips turn the track into a striking psychedelic carol. Anchored by spiraling synth lines and frontman Wayne Coyne’s blown-out vocals, Ono descends from the sky with an ethereal rendering of the song’s refrain amidst classic Christmas song traits like par-rum-pa-pum-pum drumming and big, booming bells.